First Language Ever Spoken on This Earth

lethal_kamikaze · April 21, 2013, 6:58pm

Re: First Language Ever Spoken on This Earth

Peace All,

Bhai, mein ne simple sa sawal poocha hy, Murgha ban kr awaz nikalny ko nahi kaha.

That is NOT our belief. No where does Allah say that. This is merely an assumption, and a made up thing to impose Arabic on all non-Arabs. If Hazrat Adam was speaking Arabic then what Arabic was he speaking? There are many Arabics in the world. Even at the time of Prophet, there were many varieties of Arabic.

Arabic was born very late out of several earlier Semitic languages. Thus Semitic languages like Syric, Aramaic, and Hebrew are older than Arabic.

I think everyone knows huroof e abjad.
There are two sequences in which Arabic letters are written. One is standard Arabic one, that goes like: “alif bay tay thay jeem hay …”. Other is abjad sequence, that goes like: “alif bay jeem daal hay …”

The second sequence, which is not standard Arabic sequence, is called huroof e abjad.

This sequence actually came from Phoenician language, which is a precursor to Arabic.
Phoenician alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interestingly, modern Roman (English) alphabet also mostly follow the Phoenician letter sequence (huroof e abjad).
Consider following:
“A B C D” = “A B J a D” (alif bay jeem daal)
“K L M N” = “K a L i M a N” (kaaf laam meem noon)
“Q R S T” = “Q a R i SH a T” (qaaf ray sheen tay)

There is a hadith in both Sahihain that on the day of resurection, some of the people would rush to one another in bewilderment and try to find a Prophet who will intercede them with Lord. They’ll come to Prophet Adam a.s., Prophet Noah a.s., Prophet Ibrahim a.s., Prophet Mosa a.s., Prophet Isa a.s., and lastly to Prophet Muhammad

So what you think? Those peoples will be able speak all those languages of different Prophets? I think there will be one standard language. I don’t know what language that will be but as per another hadith narrated in Sahih Bukhari 'The first word uttered by Hazrat Adam a.s., was “Peace be upon you” was in arabic. So I believe that the arabic language will be the first and last language. Hence in this world 'there is no superiority of any language over any other language.

Purpose of this thread is to know ‘What was our language and how it is changed’ [answer is below]

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Agree, even in Quran there are verses which deal with the criticism brought forwarded by Kuffar e Makkah, etc that why Quran was not revealed in a language other than Arabic. It is then said in Quran that if it was revealed in other language, people would have said ’ why the Quran is in another language, when the Prophet is an Arab’.

Moreover, the hadees quoted by TLK also contradict with the basic teaching of Quran (read Sura e Hujraat about why there are different tribes i.e. just for identity purposes and better amongst you is the one whose actions are better). Moreover, in khutba e Hajjat ul wida, the Prophet himself declared ‘There is no preference of Arabs over non-Arabs and vice verse’. In Sura e Fatir, where difference of languages is mentioned in the words **‘and the difference of your languages and colors. Verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge’ **, it is not mentioned superiority of Arabic over other languages.

Quran does mention superiority of language and message of Quran and invites non-Muslim to present single verse like Quran, but it is just to prove that the revelation is divine.

Almighty Allah says in Chapter 14 Verse 4: "

And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and Allah sends astray [thereby] whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise",

and Chpater 35 verse 24:

"Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.

Holy Qur’an itself cleared that Almighty Allah sent messegers and warners within from that nations and there is no doubt of being different languages nor superiority of a language on any other language. Moreover Almighty Allah said in the Qur’an that it is made easy for all those who really ponder.

Sanskrit wasn’t first ever language but there is no doubt it is an old language.